They tried all the bushes but nothing they found On Leatherhead Common and that was the spot They hunted all day but nothing they foundīut a poor murdered woman laid on the cold groundĪbout eight o'clock, boys, our dogs they throve off It was Hanky the squire as I've heard men say Various rumours are afloat, some stating the unfortunate woman was the wife of a travelling tinker.

It was placed in a shell and removed to the Royal Oak, on the common, where a coroner's inquest is summoned to assemble this day (Monday). On examining the head, a severe wound was found, and from the general appearance of the body it is supposed to have lain there several months. Evans of Leatherhead, who promptly attended. A person was placed to watch the remains, and information was sent to Dr. Supposing there was a fox which would not break cover, the huntsman &c., beat the bushes and in so doing, to their astonishment and horror, they discovered the body of a woman in a state of decomposition, so much so, that on attempting to remove it it was found to be impracticable. As no fox made his appearance, the huntsman whipped the hounds off, but they still returned to the bushes and smelling all round, would not leave. About 12 o'clock in the day, as the huntsman (Kitt) was beating about for a fox, the hounds suddenly made a dead set at a clump of bushes on the common. Combe, Esq.) were out hunting on Saturday last, on Leatherhead Common, a most extraordinary and horrid circumstance occurred which at present is involved in great mystery. SUPPOSED MURDER - While the Surrey Union Fox Hounds (which are under the direction of H.

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